#38BDCF#38BDCF

#38BDCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.113 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDCF
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -29.17, -19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 34.98, 213.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0996 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.113 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0861, 41.7372, 65.4371)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDCF #CF4A38

analogous

#38CF96 #38BDCF #3872CF

triadic

#38BDCF #CF38BD #BDCF38

tetradic

#38BDCF #9638CF #CF4A38 #72CF38

square

#38BDCF #9638CF #CF4A38 #72CF38

split-complementary

#38BDCF #CF3872 #CF9638

monochromatic

#1B6771 #2794A3 #38BDCF #69CDDB #9BDEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#38BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDCF

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDCF	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.113 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1dd',
    500: '#38bdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdcf;
$custom-light: #85d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.152,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.736,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDCF

secondary

#D39890

accent

#5744E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDCF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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